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Khysarth wrote: @Allofyou when you put Tyranitar as A rank with Stealth rock were you talking about his XY Smogon set with stealth rock? http://www.smogon.com/dex/xy/pokemon/tyranitar/

Cuz I needed a stealth rock support/lead for my team, and I was testing this set out as a lead and support and it didn't feel A rank worthy. It was good in a couple situations when I could switch into it when they had a psychic pokemon like latias or latios and kill them with pursuit, but other then getting a safe stealth rocks and getting a decent amount of damage it didn't feel that good compared to other A ranks.

Edit: The tyranitar I'm using is 6x31 with those same EV's and nature with icebeam,stone edge, stealth rock, pursuit Yup it's that set, but Tyranitar isn't that effective as a lead. If you want a lead, use Forretress or Lycanroc instead. Tyranitar is mainly used to tank hits. As it has handful of resistances, it can switch into resisted attacks or non-super effective special attacks. Then, the opposing pokemon will switch out as it cannot do anything back. That's the chance to set up Stealth Rock. The fact that it forces out many pokemon makes Pursuit generally strong as well.